Is it fair to say Ghotabi's days are numbered?

[Super Shojaei]

I am surprised by the lack of reaction towards the IFF's approaches towards new coaches, surely this will have a negative affect on Ghotabi as it is a clear indication that the IFF don't have faith in him anymore.

Or will he just carry on with his job an act like nothing has happend?

[tashakor]

Iran...soccer....team melli...what? What are those things?

[despero]

who`s Ghotabi?

[Super Shojaei]

who`s Ghotabi?
The Iran football coach.

[IranSoccer#8]

We might be playing ugly football, but we are getting results and that's all that matters.

[ommy48]

Well whenever I see a Ghotabi on a plate and it in turn sees me, it knows that it's days are numbered. However such a discussion seems a bit esoteric for a persian football forum...

[radin119]

The Iran football coach.
i swear you are mentally retarded

[persepolisfan]

We might be playing ugly football, but we are getting results and that's all that matters.
results? haha:rolleyes: your telling me 1 -0 aganst thailand is getting results. we must beat teams like this 3-0 4-0 etc. i must say we r playing somewhat pretty football, but not getting proper results.

[Team Melli Fan]

havase ghotab kardam...

[Siavash]

TM deserves to have a much better coach than Ghotbi.

[Asghar Agha]

havase ghotab kardam...

khoub shod keh havaseh chizeh digeh ro nakardi.:D

[farguli]

the TM coach deserves much better supporters

[K. Nader]

Politics and a lack of a game plan aside, we need to support Ghotbi for the next few months. We may have not made the world cup but in a strange way, it's a blessing. Following the world cup, many of the coaches and players will resign/retire (Australia's Pim Verbeek has stated he will be stepping down following the WC). Unlike last time where the Asian teams had time to rebuild for the Asian Cup, there are no qualifying matches left and all they can do is to set up friendlies over a period of six months. As a result, Iran will be going into the Asian Cup with a known team while the WC countries will be in the process of reconstructing their teams. If we can capitalize on this and the fact that we can have a fairly large fan base in Qatar, then we can do rather well in this tournament.

[Keano]

It's much safer if we all stop all the nag and criticism and once for all start supporting TM, man I've been following TM matches ever since the day I was born :D and it bogs me how all TM coaches have always been bashed by the media and public no matter what the circumstances surrounding TM were. Not one single TM coach has ever been immune to public's *****y attitude!

They say the toughest task and job ever on this planet is to become US President, I say the toughest job on this whole galaxy is to become TM coach!

:fear:

[RedFan9]

don't you get tired of opening the same type of threads? or do you like repeating yourselves?

[kaebi kabab]

4-2-3-1 im sick of it

[Martin-Reza]

Complaints about tactical systems - I am sick of that.

Anyway, indeed this is normally a very bad situation for a coach, but in Iran such unprofessional things are daily business, so I guess Ghotbi can cope with it.

But actually you weaken the position by the coach by such actions and thereby destroy the overall discipline in the team, which usually leads to worse performances, so it's a very stupid thing to do.

[ONEDREAM]

baba close this thread please

[KC McElroy]

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/news/exclusive-australia-coach-pim-verbeek-names--fbintl_goal-exclusiveaustraliacoachpimv.html

Australia head coach Pim Verbeek believes that when he steps down from his job after the 2010 World Cup this summer that Afshin Ghotbi would be a great successor to continue his work with the Socceroos.

Ghotbi is currently the coach of the Iran national team and is hoping to lead Team Melli at the 2011 Asian Cup but in recent weeks Sven Goran Eriksson and Fatih Terim have been linked with the Tehran job.

Verbeek believes however that Ghotbi, who served as his assistant with the South Korean national team from July 2006 to June 2007 and was also on the coaching staff with the East Asians at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, has what it takes to take on the Socceroos.

The Dutchman announced recently that he will leave Australia after the 2010 World Cup to take up a post with the Morocco FA.

Media down under are already discussing who Verbeek’s successor may be and Ghotbi has been placed on the list by the incumbent.

"Afshin Ghotbi passionately loves football and I am sure Iran will be a very tough team under his leadership,” Verbeek told Goal.com.

“There are not many coaches who know Asian football as well as he does. In fact, I think he is a great candidate to take over Australia after the World Cup.”

The two have a long-established working relationship.

“He is one of the most experienced coaches in Asia. We started to work together in 2001. He was very instrumental in preparing South Korea for two World Cups working closely with world-class coaches like Guus Hiddink and Dick Advocaat.”